Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Influenza network sizes up COVID
Hospital data from a CDC network that monitors influenza revealed that adults hospitalized for COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic were 20x more likely to die compared to hospitalized influenza patients. Read MoreJul 22, 2021
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ID of ‘stomach flu’ culprit
Identifying the norovirus genotypes associated with more severe infections in children could guide strain selection for candidate norovirus vaccines. Read MoreAug 6, 2020
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Records point to drug-drug interaction
Patients who take a cholesterol-lowering statin drug while taking the antibiotic daptomycin have increased risk of developing muscle weakness or a more severe form of muscle damage. Read MoreMay 7, 2018
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Flu boosts pneumococcal colonization
Influenza and parainfluenza infections – but not other respiratory viruses – increase the risk of acquiring pneumococcal bacteria, the most common cause of severe pneumonia. Read MoreMar 27, 2014